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CPL excitement captures expanding audience

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis will soon begin to feel the excitement associated with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as the marketing campaign for the July 11 to August 16 event rolls out across the…

It’s Masters’ Time

(Sports Page)— Plans for the upcoming Leeward Islands Masters’ tournament are being fine tuned. According to Franklyn KUT Daniel, the tournament will be played in honour of the late Carlylse W. Hobson who was brutally murdered earlier this…

Narine’s dilemma: IPL final or West Indies camp?

(Sports Page)— Sunil Narine has suddenly found himself between a rock and a hard place. If the spinner remains in India to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in Sunday's IPL 2014 final, as he wants to, he will miss the West Indies Cricket…

Jamaica Select X1 make Blackcaps toil

Falmouth, Jamaica, (CMC) - New Zealand have clawed their way back after they were forced to struggle against a Jamaica X1 on the first day of the two- day tour match on Thursday at the Trelawny Multiplex here. New Zealand who were…

CG Rebels defeats PJ’s

(Sports Page)— It was a SKNABA fixture played at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex on Thursday night as CG Rebels engaged PJ’s Rebels led in the first three quarters in a fiercely fought game and PJ’S won the final quarter by a mere…

Training for CUT Games Intensifies

Sports Page -- Head Coach of the athletic squad, currently preparing for the upcoming Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) games to be hosted in Trinidad this year, Ms Tricia Williams, indicated on Wednesday that training sessions have been…

Sacked Windies Skipper to Play for Glamorgan

Cardiff, Wales CMC -- Former West Indies Test captain Darren Sammy will turn out for Glam organ in the English domestic Twenty20 championship, the Welsh club announced Tuesday. The Windward Islands all-rounder has been cleared by the West…

Brathwaite, Cummins lead HPC demolition

Lucas Sreet, CMC -- Captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s sixth first class hundred and fast bowler Miguel Cummins’s four-wicket haul, helped West Indies High Performance Centre crush Bangladesh A by 351 runs inside three days, in their opening…

Windies tail wags in practice encounter

Cave Hill, CMC -- West Indies tail-enders enjoyed batting practice as their three-day warm-up match against a Barbados Select XI ended in a draw at the 3Ws Oval here Wednesday. Kemar Roach, back in competitive cricket for the first time in…

Jordan stars in crushing victory

Sports Page -- What a weird one-day series this is becoming. The levels of batting collapses are increasing with each match. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 144 at The Oval, England plummeted for 99 in Durham and here the tourists subsided…

Lara to play for MCC v Rest of the World

London, England -- West Indies legend Brian Lara is among the final six players confirmed as a participant in the MCC v Rest of the World Bicentenary match at Lord's on July 5. Lara will play alongside India icon Sachin Tendulkar in an MCC…

Big test for young Jamaican cricketers

Kingston, Jamaica -- Kingston, Jamaica- Some of the countries fringe players will get a chance to impress national coach Junior Bennett when Jamaica take on New Zealand in a two day encounter at the Trelawny Multi Purpose Stadium on May 29…

Knight Riders through to final after Kings XI unravel

Sports Page -- Kolkata Knight Riders eased into the IPL final with their eighth-successive win, beating a listless Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens. Robin Uthappa prolonged a stellar season and took the record for the most runs scored by an…